Author: Rob Schwartz

Rob Schwartz is a writer, producer and entrepreneur who worked as a journalist in Japan for 25 years. He was the Asia Correspondent for Billboard Magazine for 15 years.

Black Box Diaries: The Oscar-nominated documentary pulling the cover off Japan

In 2017, aspiring Japanese journalist Shiori Ito went public with the allegation that powerful, and high-profile Washington Bureau Chief of TBS TV station in Tokyo, Noriyuki Yamaguchi, had drugged and raped her after he invited her out to dinner. Yamaguchi was a well-known presence on TV with ties to some of the most powerful people…

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